What is the Greatest Common Factor of 70983 and 70987?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 70983 and 70987 is 1.

GCF(70983,70987) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 70983 and 70987, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 70983 and 70987.

How to find the GCF of 70983 and 70987?

We will first find the prime factorization of 70983 and 70987. After we will calculate the factors of 70983 and 70987 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 70983

Prime factors of 70983 are 3, 11, 239. Prime factorization of 70983 in exponential form is:

70983 = 3³ × 11¹ × 239¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 70987

Prime factors of 70987 are 7, 10141. Prime factorization of 70987 in exponential form is:

70987 = 7¹ × 10141¹

Step-3: Factors of 70983

List of positive integer factors of 70983 that divides 70983 without a remainder.

1, 3, 9, 11, 27, 33, 99, 239, 297, 717, 2151, 2629, 6453, 7887, 23661

Step-4: Factors of 70987

List of positive integer factors of 70987 that divides 70983 without a remainder.

1, 7, 10141

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 70983 and 70987. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 70983 and 70987 is 1.

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